Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-06
SEATTLE, W. T.. FRIDAY MORNING. NAY 6. 1887.

daring the rear before The consnlis atior
aad WIS rrahabiy still Presidens Of TIE
Kansas PaciEc a. thas time. He esald
nos rscalleet when he 6rss acquired
Kansas Pacific stock. bot ~ vent an
the market and beught tha ssack for
himself and vas interested with no enc
else. In ISIS. howeveF. Jay GSold. z.
Il Au3as, kassell SAGE. DsxteR and se@e
of their Bostsn friends were interested
aeRetAeR. Prior 90 this the UnioR
Pacihc denied th8s the kansas Paeifs
nAs riebt 30 pForasa frafhe thFoaQh
20 she psqifie coast. This was q lonR
aad bard fizhs ard the roads we're very
hastiie. Kansas Pscidc stock wss very
lou. from 6 70 II. II might have gone
as low as 3 but b vas never laeky
enoash 20 Get il.
Mr.. Dislen was shoan q pool con
fract. de never heard 50 mneh Of the
poal before 80 be beard yesterday. His
friends bou9ht the securities and pat
them together. In explanation, the VII
ness said that the securities we're pat In
sne hands Of committee. Such an ar
anEenne1t could be called peel II de-
sired The witness did net know who
kept The POOL acoouats or that anybody
1fA M4AGrWafI8.
Ex-Jodee Dillon said that the witness
never charged ais memary on this mat
ter, depending on bis seereRary. The
latter shoaght she witnem in error. The
Secretary added that he thonRht the
boob kkeeper's name vas Carlos ,. Gree
ley.
Andersen saked about buying eat che
ST. Loais interest in the Kansas Pacifln.
Witness could not remember.
The Secretary broke IN, WAS not the
Company awaRs thai they were indi-
vidnai dealsgn
Witness believed that 10 be 9 fact in
hIs own case.
Anderson-aBGi the fast is that all
the 81. Louis interest vas bousht cut
BY people in ths uaion PaeiGc. Is IL
nof?n
witness aeqaissed.
Andersou-"It 10 g singular coinci-
dence II nothing more. And then yoH
we're eieoaed President Of the KApsas
Pacific, were you n0si"
witness again asssnted. He ewned
6l1S shares Of its stock, and thought be
owned only q very little of the Denver
PReife-just enouRh 10 be q Director.
He could not recall the fact. He voted
on 9. 600 shares Of stock at their meet
lag.
Secretary Haniu interiscsed, awhy
he vas trustee Of the stock for tie Kan
sas Paciic?"
Dillon said be could not remember
that be was Q trustee of the Kansas Pa
eifie stock until told Of il hv his Score
tary. Witness said that 80, ,956 shares Of
Denver Pacific were acquired BY the
Union Pacific, and for ID they gave
stock OF tbs new issue, now in the treas
ury OF the Union Pacific. This ex-
change was on basis OF equality and
was put there for the benefit Of the
Unien Pacific, and Dillon was sure il
bad been Of great beneat TO the road,
although still in the company 3 treasury.
Destructive Hurricane In Penasyl-
VanIa.
PTTTsBURd, MAY 5.-A terrific thunder
storn, accompanied by heavy hail and
wind equal to q hurricane, passed over
be Allegheny mountains 10 eastern
Somerset snd western Bedford counties,
bstween 7 and 8 o'clock Lass evening. A
few moments before tie storm came 6
rearing like the discharge of many can
norR vas heard in the distance, and
seon, as the clouds rolled aerass the eky.
the roaring increased. Tbs storm
strRck the mountains, moving in =
north westerly direction aud vas about
quarter Of mills vide for two mllss.
Lsrge trees were twisted of like siraws
and everything in its path was thrown
to the earth. In some instances i'm
meuss trees were caught up aud carried
seveIsl Hundred feet iuto the air and
hurled back again With such swiftnsss
that it cannot be described. The light
ming was fearful. Hail fell in stones as
large as eges aud vegetation Of all kinds
suffered severely. The damage 10 fruit
trees AMI tinber will amount 10 many
thousands Of dollars.